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Since its formation back in 1999, Banner Health has made a name for itself by increasing the clinical standardization of its EHR technology to support clinical improvements. As a result of its push toward value-based care and population, the health system comprising 29 hospitals and spanning 7 states has worked to mirror its high levels of clinical standardization on the inpatient side in its ambulatory sites. As the organization's CMIO William Holland, MD, puts it, the plan was to take that hospital EHR success and "move it across the system."

So much of the focus of an EHR implementation is on the go-live and plenty of hustle and bustle precedes a practice's launch of a new EHR technology. However, the digital journey has only just begun at that point and what follows to sustain EHR adoption and use is known as EHR optimization. With EHR optimization expected to move from the back to front burner, here's a look at the factors contributing to a successful optimization initiative. Beebe Healthcare VP and CIO Michael Maksymow, Jr., Emory Healthcare CMIO Julie Hollberg, M.D., Memorial Hospital of Gulport CMIO David Northington, M.D., share their experiences.

Mission Health, North Carolina’s sixth-largest health system and the only not-for-profit, independent community hospital system in the western part of the state, eliminated falls in its neurosciences unit in Asheville and avoided more than $100,000 in one-to-one sitter costs during a three-month pilot program of the Cerner Patient Observer. This EHR-agnostic “smart room” tool features instant visual and audio alert monitoring for multiple patient rooms simultaneously.

Beebe Healthcare in southern Delaware made an important decision about their health IT infrastructure in deciding on EHR replacement technology to demonstrate meaningful use in the near term and prepare for a transformation in care delivery in the years to follow. The health system's current Vice President and CIO Michael Maksymow, Jr., told EHRIntelligence.com in an exclusive interview on the factors contributing to a successful EHR implementation, Beebe's EHR success story would not have been possible without key partnerships both internal with physicians and clinical staff and external with Cerner professionals.

After driving great success over several years, Florida Hospital will expand its clinical documentation improvement (CDI) program and leverage the enhanced Nuance Clintegrity™ CDI solution embedded within Cerner's Millennium® electronic health record and revenue cycle solutions. This integration will provide clinicians and clinical documentation specialists with a seamless and highly-efficient workflow that supports the quality of physician documentation with minimal disruptions. Nuance clients will also leverage computer-assisted physician documentation (CAPD) technology, which provides automated CDI clarifications to physicians, integrated into Cerner’s Document Quality Review solution.

Children’s National Health System and EHR vendor Cerner jointly created a visual dashboard that has improved multiple quality measures at the Washington D.C. hospital. Dubbed the “Quality Board,” the 52-inch dashboards display real-time quality and safety indicators in every unit of the hospital for doctors, nurses, patients and family members. Children’s has reduced urinary tract infections while improving medication safety and time to treatment.

Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, and Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), one of the largest hospital management companies in the nation, have entered into an agreement to implement Cerner’s clinically driven Millennium Revenue Cycle™.

Cerner will replace UHS’ legacy INVISION revenue cycle solution with the new system that will integrate with UHS’ existing Cerner Millennium® electronic health record (EHR) and HIM™ health information technology functionality. Working together, these systems will help UHS facilities achieve revenue cycle excellence.

The first two towers in the $4.45 billion Cerner Trails Campus in Kansas City reached their summits with a topping out ceremony Friday morning. Each of more than a dozen “neighborhood nodes” will feature its own “unique personality” to help the software engineers be innovative and productive, said Mike Nill, chief operating officer at Cerner. These will include a library, a maker space for hands-on tinkering, a gaming area and a think tank.

Proclaimed the largest economic development in Missouri’s history, Cerner’s sprawling campus is a massive 11-year undertaking expected to open its last tower in 2025. Others who spoke at the event included Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, Kansas City Mayor Sly James, and Dunn’s chairman Steve Dunn.

Cerner today announced the structural completion of the first two buildings at its seventh campus in the Kansas City area and the largest economic development project in Missouri history. Friday’s topping ceremony featured Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon, Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Sly James, JE Dunn chairman Steve Dunn, Cerner executives, associates, site workers and community leaders.

Cerner Corp. and Dignity Health have committed to a more complete relationship. The two have entered into an agreement to expand the use of North Kansas City-based Cerner's PowerChart Ambulatory electronic health record system across all of the San Francisco-based health care systems' ambulatory care clinics. PowerChart will be integrated with Cerner's Millenium EHR that's already in place in 39 of Dignity's acute-care facilities....
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